Summary ⁸

Cirsium oleraceum (Cabbage thistle) is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium, native to central and eastern Europe and Asia, where it grows in wet lowland soils.

Associations ⁹

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Chaetostomella cylindrica feeds within capitulum of Cirsium oleraceum

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
Golovinomyces cichoracearum parasitises live Cirsium oleraceum

Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Lema cyanella grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface) of Cirsium oleraceum

Foodplant / spot causer
amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph of Ramularia cynarae causes spots on live leaf of Cirsium oleraceum

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Tephritis conura feeds within capitulum of Cirsium oleraceum

Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Terellia ruficauda feeds on Cirsium oleraceum

Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Terellia serratulae feeds on Cirsium oleraceum

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Xyphosia miliaria feeds within capitulum of Cirsium oleraceum

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Udo Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/coleoptera-us/8000233543/
2. (c) 2007 Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=231034&one=T
3. (c) 2008 Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=262536&one=T
4. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/jcs-cirsium-oleraceum-54747.jpg
5. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/PhotosMedium/Cirsium%20oleraceum%2000009.JPG
6. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/PhotosMedium/JCS%20Cirsium%20oleraceum%2049988.JPG
7. (c) Ondřej Zicha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/5115.jpg
8. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirsium_oleraceum
9. (c) BioImages, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22914906

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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